Secure Sockets Layer, more commonly known as SSL is a key system that authenticates, secures, and encrypts websites by installing a valid SSL certificate to a web server. SSL certificates help create a secure connection by using the HTTPS protocol between

Backing up your data is essential when it comes to protecting your digital infrastructure. The average adult spends about 11 hours each day interacting with their digital devices, creating over 2.4 quintillion bytes of data worldwide each day. Photos, vid

Office 365 has become an attractive target for cyber-criminals. With such a massive user base, 155 million monthly users as of October 2018, comes a rise in specific attacks against the platform. Jaff , Locky, and ShurL0cker were major ransomware attacks

In todayís digital age, email is one of the fastest and most common means of communication within an organization. Each day billions of business emails are sent globally that may contain contracts, financial information, confidential plans, personal or pr

With more and more people working from home, working in different time zones, and traveling to different offices or locations during the day it is crucial for employees to stay connected with their colleagues more than ever. Collaboration in the workplace

FTP is traditionally used for transferring files. Recently, HTTP(S) has become a more popular way of transferring files. This article talks about the pros and cons of using FTP(S) verses HTTP(S) for transferring files. Before we get into this, let's discu

Over the course of the past few years, we have seen a surge in ransomware attacks and data breaches in large corporations in the news, and have received the occasional phishing email. As the public becomes more aware of how to stop cyber-crime, cyber crim

Earlier this week, Synametrics Technologies attended SYS-CON Media's 10th annual Cloud Expo at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. And it was a great success!
Cloud Expo is an annual conference held in New York City which brings leaders from the

The only way to guarantee your digital data is fully protected from computer crashes, breeches, cyber threats, natural disaster where data can be lost, is by having a backed up copy.
While it is important to have a backup and recovery plan in place, i

Most businesses main form of communication is through email. In fact, according to The Radical Group Inc. about 128 billion business emails are sent each day. Itís safe to assume some of these emails contain confidential and sensitive information, so what

In our last post, we discussed the latest growing trend in cybercrime, fake ransomware. One thing we did not touch on is how ransomware both real and fake infects your computer and devices. The most common way ransomware invades your computer Is through

You see this message pop-up on your computer screen:
and realize your computer is under the attack of ransomware. All of your important files and documents become encrypted and they only way to access the decryption password is to pay the ransom fee b

Cyber Security threats and data loss are nothing new, so why is it that 47% of small businesses still don't have a data backup plan?
Every business, large or small is built on data to keep running and no business is impervious to a potential cyber atta

What are the most important measures you can take to improve your online security?
Research done by Google shows that security experts answered this question with a focus on password security. Passwords should be strong and unique, they should not inc

Managing and protecting data has become an integral practice for many businesses. As technology advances, the cloud is becoming a popular trend among data based tools, backup being one of them. We want to discuss 5 advantages cloud backup has over is pred

Working remotely has slowly become the new norm for many business and employees. According to a Gallup Study, 43% of Americans reported they spend some of their work week in a remote location. Now that summer has officially started, these numbers will ris

Ransomware has been around for decades, however within the past year, we have seen an influx of high profile attacks. WannaCry, the most notorious for 2017 is one of the most devastating attacks in ransomware history.
According to Barkly, as of 2017

Spring has finally sprung, and for many this means its time for the annual purge know as spring cleaning. While most opt to declutter their homes, closets, and cars theres one space that is often left out. Their digital space. Taking the time to clean out

In the age of the internet, privacy is a huge concern and when a data breach occurs personal information gets lost and even stolen. It's not always know where this information winds up, but it is almost always in the hands of someone with malicious intent

Faking your identity is nothing new when it comes to the internet. Scammers, identity thefts, and cat fishers have been doing it for years. But thanks to a discovery made by Sabri Haddouche, we can now spot email fraudsters before they strike.
On Tuesda

Backing up your information is essential to ensure it is safe from computer crashes, breeches, cyber threats, and any disaster where data can be lost. It is wise to create a data retention plan and invest the security of your to mitigate any of the ment

File sharing is an integral part of any company, but sometimes the process to share files can become extremely complicated. The size of the file could reject it from being delivered, there is potential of security breeches from 3rd party viewers could com

One of the most important features companies and home users want from a cloud backup solution is privacy. Their main concern is the possibility of a data breach in their providers servers.
Many cloud services cannot promise guaranteed safety of your pri

With the recent news of Crashplan's exit from the consumer cloud backup market, we know many of you will be looking for a new solution to switch to.
We encourage you to try Syncrify, our private cloud solution.
Syncrify is free for home use and is on

Syncrify is a private cloud backup solution. A private-cloud backup and synchronization tool that offer a secure and private way to backup files. Pay once and use it forever. No monthly, usage or bandwidth charges.
We have recently released a major upd

This past May and June, we saw two very large and very malicious ransomware attacks sweep across parts of the world. WannaCry, hit on May 17, 2017, targeting computers running Windows OS. Within just one day of the attack, WannaCry infected 230,000 comput

Recently, we discovered Syncrify isn't just good for backing up your devices. A hidden feature of Syncrify, never intentionally incorporated into our original design, was brought to our attention by one of our resellers, Mike.
Now, we can say with cert

SynaMan makes file sharing anywhere at anytime simple. But if you think SynaMan, is just a remote file manager, youíre mistaken. Thanks to our developers, SynaMan has so much to offer. Looking beyond ordinary file sharing tools, SynaMan is packed with ad

Spam email floods everyone's inboxes. While most choose to ignore them, some opt to open them lending themselves to the repercussions of spammers. In today's blog, we will discuss what some of the most common spam emails sound like, how they can affect yo

Occasionally, I have to monitor a running process at a client's end through VisualVM. Enabling JMX, which is used by VisualVM, requires an additional TCP/IP port through the firewall. Most of the time it is an act of congress to get the network folks to o

Xeams makes it easy to filter spam and determine where these messages are coming from. But if you've never explored beyond the admin console you've been missing out! Our developers have packed Xeams with advanced features that allow you to: watch your inb

When it comes to true spam detection, Xeams changes the game. Our development team is constantly working hard to find new ways of improving Xeams and tackling spammers. The latest Xeams update now allows you, our users to create temporary email addresses

Its official, last night Donald J. Trump was elected as the 45th President of the United States.
This long waited announcement has come with a rollercoaster election year that none of us could tear our eyes from. It seems like we've heard both main par

Unlike humans, computers are not living and breathing beings, but did you know they can still get sick?
According to CNN, in 2014 there were over 317 million malware detections reported! That means each day 1 million harmful computer threats were creat

When it comes to file sharing that is.
Not anymore when you ingrate SynaMan and Xeams! File size limitations are now a thing of the past when sending emails with large attachments. You will no longer†see that annoying error message pop up when sending

In a study conducted by McAfee, email spam was reported as the biggest technology time waster. About 50 percent of Americans say they spend 40 minutes each day sifting through spam mail. This amounts to 10 days each year or 780 days in the average lifespa

Cryptolocker virus is a major issue that has been passing via email to novice users by disguising itself as either a harmless PDF document, Microsoft Document, or a Text File. Users need to be informed that these files are far from harmless and begin en

Many IT software companies offer their customers services rather than products. You may be asking yourself, what is the difference between products and services? A product is something concrete and it is something tangible. Products are items that you can

A new version of Xeams is being released today working one step closer towards blocking Cryptolocker virus! As you may already know, Xeams is an email messaging and anti spam system that eliminates 99% of junk mail from your inbox. It automatically filter

At Synametrics Technologies, we aim to provide our customers with the best quality software products for the most unbeatable price as possible. When developing our software, your satisfaction is our main priority. Part of our unique offering is providing

Junk mail is frustrating and a disruption to your email messaging system. It has the potential to take up all of your storage space and can be tedious to sort through. There is also an added risk of contracting a computer virus by accidentally opening a m

The daily tasks on an IT consultant, who has multiple clients can, can often be difficult and a burden. Keeping all the tools they will need for clients' systems, making sure systems stay updated, securing their data, and ensuring they have proper technol

The cloud has been one of the hottest sectors in the technology industry, without reason. The cloud embraces several important technical advances that improve performance and security. And for some it can mean cost savings. But not everyone can trust the

Transferring large files over the Internet has always been trickier than it should be. It's at its trickiest
when your main method of file exchange is through email. Up to a point, you can just attach the file to the message. But once file sizes
hit t

Secretary Clinton wanted
control of her information. Don?t you? Do you really have it when you?re using
someone else?s servers?
Whatever you think of Hillary Clinton, she
had reasons for running her own
email server. These
reasons are worth

We
put the best
security capabilities we can into our products, but we can't do it
all. You
should be aware of other products and - more importantly - safe
practices that thwart the common cyber attacks that victimize innocent
users.
In a previou

CryptoLocker is a ransomware trojan that
encrypts data files on infected computers and then asks for money should users wish to restore them.
Email is the most common mechanism of getting this type of virus, whose actual payload is often hidden. For

Outsourcing your spam filtering has advantages, but requires you to trust all your email to an unknown
third party. Do you really want to do that?
Think about the kinds of things that are in your organization's email: Personal details of you

With the increasing threat of cyber attacks, theres plenty of opportunity for your data to be compromised. And it is possible to experience data loss. However, if you implement a security plan and backup your data, there is no reason to stress such attack

With so many backup technologies and products on the market today, it can become very difficult to understand and select the right
technology for your environment. Although most backup software perform similar tasks, the methods used by these products c

The health care industry holds many IT concerns that require more than the standard security solution. Even the normal safety operations like backup require special considerations.
Compliance
Your care of health care data is subject to the string

In this article, we will demonstrate how to maximize the capabilities of your QNAP device and enable it to act as a
private-cloud backup repository using Syncrify.
Although QNAP comes with a nice application allowing you to backup machines on y

When presented with the need to
share files with users outside the network, many businesses rely on the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server that came with their web hosting plan. While FTP can certainly do
the job, it also has many limitations. Mod

Data backup is an insurance plan, and every enterprise should consider how to recover data when a accident or disaster occurs. Without a backup solution, companies are left with nothing to fall back on. Luckily, there are several
option

Do you have Microsoft Exchange Server? You probably do, almost everyone does. Exchange does a lot for you, but it doesn't do everything.
Third party solutions can make a Microsoft Exchange Server more secure, provide failover backup, and enable it to

For all its benefits, cloud computing requires customers to take a leap of faith that their provider will
secure their information.
Cloud computing is the hot thing in IT and the companies will tell you moving to the cloud is inevitable

Bare Metal Vs File-level Backup
The importance of data in today's corporate world is akin to a heart in a human body. A company's reputation can be
severely damaged if data is lost. Your backup strategy is like an insurance policy - it should inclu

Introduction
POODLE allows malicious attempts on a server's SSLv3 protocol via man in the middle attack. Anything web based that uses this protocol can be compromised.
POODLE Fix For Apache And Nginx For Some Linux Flavors
Nginx Web ServerEx: Ubun

How to tune TCP connections on your network
NOTE: These methods are best kept for dedicated servers with not many other applications running. For example, a dedicated Syncrify Server.
In this blog, we're going to explore and optimize some factors t

PCI Compliance and SynaMan Online File Sharing
NOTE: The latest SynaMan distribution does not have this issue because it ships with Java 1.8
and an enhanced set of key types. This article is only relevant for versions of SynaMan using Java 1.6.
I

Introduction
There are many flavors of Linux today. In some scenarios it isn't possible
to know all of the features of each flavor and while knowing the basis of Linux helps,
it can be helpful and sometimes more convenient to know what each fl

When using a Java server such as TomCat, most administrators will want to use a SSL certificate they have already purchased for Apache HTTPD.
Our goal is to walk you through the instructions of converting an SSL certificate to a Java certificate.

Amazon S3 is a cloud service used to store files. While it is possible to use Syncrify server in
conjunction with Amazon S3, there are some important notes to consider.
Amazon S3 / Syncrify Issues & Concerns
Is Amazon S3 charging u

Oracle regularly releases updates of Java improving its security vulnerability. In many cases, perception prevails over reality and users begin to think Java is bad. The reaction to this perceived notion is usually extreme - meaning the administration may